A Guide to Energy Performance Certificates (EPC’s)

As of 21 May 2010 you will need to have commissioned, but not necessarily received, an Energy Performance Certificate for your property before marketing can commence.

To commission an Energy Performance Certificate you or the person acting on your behalf will need to have instructed an accredited Energy Assessor to carry out the energy performance assessment.
The duty to provide an EPC falls on either the seller, in the case of a building being sold, or the landlord, in the case of a building being rented. In the case of new buildings the duty to provide an EPC falls on the builder.

An EPC has to be made available at the earliest opportunity and every effort must be made to provide this within 28 days from it being commissioned and in any event, no later than exchange of contracts. As soon as the EPC is obtained the energy rating or the EPC must be included with any written particulars.

The good news is that an EPC is now valid for 10 years from the date it was produced.

If you require an EPC fpr your property we would be pleased to undertake the assessment on your behalf even if we are not your chosen selling or letting agent. Our in house Domestic Energy Assessor is City and Guilds trained and accredited by Elmhurst Energy Systems, a government approved energy rating provider and the largest overall accreditor of energy assessors in the UK.